Paraplegia is defined as the paralysis of the lower half of the body. Paraplegia injury can result from a spinal cord injury or an accident.

The following are some of the possible causes of paraplegia. You should consult your doctor in order to diagnose the symptoms of your paraplegia injury. Some of the possible causes of paraplegia are as given below:

• Trauma
• Fall from a height due to Scaffolding Accidents or any other
• Vertebral fracture crushing spinal cord
• Vertebral dislocation causing spinal cord compression
• Vertebral disc prolapse
• Tumour growth impinging on spinal cord
• Prostate tumour
• Tumour growth within spinal cord
• Glioma
• Tumour growth in vertebra
• Bony metastases
• Primary bone malignancy within vertebra
• Multiple myeloma
• Pathological crush fracture from osteoporosis
• Osteoporosis
• Hereditary Spastic paraplegia
• Spina Bifida
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Infections
• Acute disseminated encephalitis
• Syphilis
• Tuberculosis
• AIDS
• Dissecting aortic aneurysm
• Hypotension
• Acute blood loss
• Epidural Haemorrhage
• Subdural Haemorrhage
• Epidural abscess
• Trauma to the spine
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency
• HIV
• Multiple sclerosis
• Spina bifida
• Cerebral palsy
• Syringomyelia
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Myasthenia gravis
• Eaton-Lambert syndrome
• Motor neuron disease
• Stroke
• Medication side effect
• Tick paralysis
• Lyme disease
• Spinal cord compression
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal fracture
• Dislocation of spine
• Spontaneous hematomyelia
• Spinal cord infarction
• Postinfectious myelitis
• Acute demyelination
• Epidural bascess
• Tumor compressing spinal cord
• Epidural hemorrhage
• Subdural hemorrhage
• Bleeding disorder
• Anticoagulant therapy
• Idiopahtic postinfectious polyneuritis
• Cervical spondylosis
• Motor neurone disease
• Polyneuropathy
• Polymyositis

If you have been a victim of paraplegia due to negligence by some individual or authority, then you must file for a personal injury compensation. Your paraplegia injury can have detrimental effect on your health and wealth. You can also contact personal injury attorney who will help you receive justice and compensation for your pain and trauma.
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New York Paraplegia Attorney representing victims of paraplegia and other types of accident related injuries. NYC Personal Injury Attorney provides free legal consultation to the victims of personal injury, accident injury and medical malpractice injuries within NYC.